The document discusses the ego and its impact in business and leadership. It defines ego as the part of personality centered around the self. While ego can drive ambition and leadership, it also poses risks if taken to an extreme, such as inflated pride, defensiveness, or putting oneself above the company. The document suggests taming ego through practices like self-observation, accepting criticism, sharing power, and developing humility. An unchecked ego can negatively impact decision-making, relationships, creativity, and business costs.

1. The Ego Has Landed… And gone for a long lunch…

4. “ General, I’m ending the Cold War and you’re going to have to find yourself a new enemy.” Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to General Colin Powell

5. “ For the past 28 years everything the American people and I worked so hard to gain no longer matters in an instant.” General Colin Powell

6. Greatest asset or most expensive liability?

9. Its not over indulgent egos or tiny egos, its big hearts that inspire the greatness in people at work!

12. Continuums…. Bad Positive Arrogant to Self confident Insensitive to Heartfelt Hard of hearing to Listener Inflexible to Flexible Hard to Emotional Knows it all to Betterment Status quo to Re shaping Big ego to Natural ambition Illusion to Reality

16. Steve Jobs : Apple

17. Mark Zuckerburg : Facebook

18. Tony Hayward : BP

19. Bill Gates : Microsoft

21. A good old dose of humility!

22. Questions…